Mt. Vintage
Closes Golf
Course, All
Amenities
Friday
web posted
February 7,
2014MERRIWETHER
– Mount Vintage
Plantation
closed all
operations of
the golf course,
Town Center,
restaurant and
athletic
facilities until
further notice,
according to a
letter sent to
residents on
Friday. The
shutdown took
place at 2 pm
Friday and it is
unknown when, or
if, operations
will return. A
deal to purchase
the golfing
community fell
through recently
and the current
developer is
looking to sell,
not maintain,
according to
sources.

The affluent
golfing
community began
making the news
in late 2008 and
then 2009 after
an addition of a
second 9-holes
to the existing
18-hole golf
course and
hundreds of new
lots were placed
for sale.
Infrastructure
to new homes was
incomplete and
roads were not
paved as liens
started piling
on Developers
Bettis Rainsford
and Talmadge
Knight.

The developers
subsequently
went belly-up
and Knight
purchased the
property in
bankruptcy and
never completed
the remaining
unresolved
infrastructure
demands, though
some were
partially
completed. The
property was
sold last year
to an investor
who had brokered
a deal with a
foreign investor
that untimely
fell through,
sources stated
at the time, and
the for sale
signs went back
up in the last
two weeks.

At this time it
is unknown how
long the
facilities will
be closed and if
the golf course,
even though
closed, will be
maintained.

Mike Hooker is
currently the
owner of the
facilities, not
the developer,
and the closures
were made by
him, a homeowner
said.

A copy of the
email letter
sent to
homeowner
association
members is below
in full.

Notice to MV
community
We have received
a phone call
that effective
2:00 this
afternoon
(Friday Feb. 7),
the golf club,
the Town Center
and Sticks
Bistro will be
closed until
further notice.
We have no
further
information than
what we have
received from
Mike Hooker. If
we get any
further updates
we will advise
the community.